Waterford Police say the road is closed and there is a power outage affecting about 1,700 residents in the area of Route 1 and Fog Plain Road.
Police say the possible transformer explosion knocked wires down. About 500 people remain without power as of 6:15 p.m. according to Connecticut Light & Power.
This story will be updated with more information.
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